One billboard asks, “Do N.C. lawmakers EMBRACE religion-based BIGOTRY?” Uh, gee, maybe. We dunno. What are you even talking about? If we were driving by and didn’t know anything about this issue, we’d assume that they are referring to bigotry against a religious group. And also, that their caps-lock key is broken.

“Religion-Based BIGOTRY is SHAMEFUL/yesterday – today – tomorrow,” says another. To which the average North Carolinian might nod their head in agreement, “yes, quite, very shameful,” without it even occurring to them that it has anything to do with homosexuals.

Why pussyfoot around? Why not post up a big picture of a priest with the words “Banning marriage is shameful” or “Tell Raleigh to reject anti-gay laws”?

The very essence of religion *is* bigotry, so of course the billboards will fly over those Southerners’ heads.

May 17, 2011 at 10:19 pm · @Reply ·

Chad

So the answer to bigotry, according to the first comment, is to be bigoted against people of faith and people who live in the south. The way to fight hypocritical assholes isn’t for us to be hypocritical assholes ourselves.

May 17, 2011 at 11:06 pm · @Reply ·

TheRealAdam

@Chad: My comment had nothing to do with people from the South – that is just where the signs are located. And I never said anything about hating people of faith.

May 18, 2011 at 2:36 am · @Reply ·

Tallskin

People of faith are idiots by definition

Just because a billion delusional loons worship a non existent sky pixie doesn’t make them sane because of sheer numbers.

A loon is a loon.

And usually their lunacy is accompanied by a nasty bigotry exhibited towards other people.

And pointing and laughing at loons who worship a non existent sky pixie is not bigotry.

Hey guys I live in NC so although I am not a religious person at all I think these billboards are a step in the right direction. The issue of gay marriage is not one that the average North Carolina citizen thinks about on a daily basis. So it’s okay to start with something about “faith.”

You have to fight fire with fire sometimes so if marketing to “fair-minded” religious folks is what it takes…well that’s what it takes.

“So the answer to bigotry, according to the first comment, is to be bigoted against people of faith and people who live in the south. The way to fight hypocritical assholes isn’t for us to be hypocritical assholes ourselves.”
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No, but it’s also false to compare the two. WE aren’t being the same as them. If somebody runs up and starts hitting you in the face, YOU aren’t the same as them if you push them away and hit them back.

These people are attacking gays, and passing laws trying to take away any vestige of our rights, and yet somehow WE are the bad guys for calling them ignorant bigots? Sorry, but the days of sitting back and hating ourselves so much that we are grateful for any acknowledgement are over. This isn’t about making people love us, it’s about confronting the hate and bigotry.

May 18, 2011 at 11:39 am · @Reply ·

Joseph

As a Proud North Carolinian I have to say our legislature is screwed up enough that this won’t pass.